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Are Whole Wheat Ritz Crackers Healthy?

Whole wheat Ritz crackers have the potential to be healthy…if they actually existed.....

Do You Recognize This Bag? Bet You Can't Guess The Source

Snack Girl is consistently amazed at the power of marketing. More specifically, the power of food marketing....

A Surprise Finding, Starbucks Serves Breakfast Sandwiches

The relentless search for a decent egg breakfast sandwich continues with an entrant from Starbucks....

Rethinking The Egg McMuffin

The McDonald's Egg McMuffin is on Snack Girl's radar. After reviewing, McDonald's Oatmeal she got a bunch of questions on the iconic McMuffin....

When Multigrain Means.....Nothing

Snack Girl recently hosted a guest post on Tostitos that created a lot of controversy. It even generated an invitation to visit a Frito-Lay facility (hurray!)....

What Everyone Needs to Know About Tostitos

Every once in a while, I read an article that reflects my grumpiness about food marketing...

3 Reasons to Avoid Ritz Crackers

I'm locking my doors tonight in case the people from Nabsico try to take their revenge. Why, Snack-Girl, do you need to mess with an American icon?...

The Worst Pizza on the Planet

What evil mind came up with this pizza combination? Was it the corporate folks at Domino's? Or some neighborhood pizzeria trying to change the world?...

A Puffy and Cheesy Snack of Deliciousness

Let's be honest. A party is not ONLY about being healthy. Yesterday's post: Party-Snacks was yesterday....

What You Should Know About Snack Wraps

McDonald's is not somewhere I would usually go for a snack. But, sometimes, you are stuck. Because I write about snacks, I was curious about the McDonald's Snack Wrap and I was hopeful that it was a healthier alternative to their usual menu....

Which Favorite Snack has 35 Ingredients?

There is a snack that earns Frito-Lay around $600 million a year. The multiple flavors of this chip and colors of the packages are incredibly enticing....

Cheesy and cheery to make you chunky

Are Cheetos nutritious? No, the cheese part does not make them nutritious. They are filled with salt, processed cheese, and corn...

Are baked snap peas as good as fresh snap peas?

Baked snap peas are mashed green peas shaped into a pea shape and baked with oil and salt. They have the same calories per ounce as potato chips....

Would you like an order of fat with your burger?

Onion rings are another delicious fast food. I love the soft oniony inside and the crunchy batter outside. Unfortunately, the deep frying part renders these puppies into a very fatty snack....

America's Favorite Vegetable

The average American eats 30 pounds of french fries a year. I found this statistic on a website devoted to the history of french fries. French fries are a much loved staple for us Americans. We probably out do the Belgians who consider them a national treasure.

Corn, oil, and salt combined to fill you up

Hey, wait a minute! Almost 600 calories in a bag of Fritos??!! That is ludicrous. Yeah, it is. Maybe YOU will be able to stop yourself from eating the entire bag.

Mechanically separated meat is not good for you

The stick of jerky photographed here is actually not beef. I was shocked to discover that I had purchased a stick of jerky made with pork and something called "mechanically separated chicken". Okayyy.

What is the vegetable in these chips? Potatoes

It sounds so great doesn't it? Veggie Chips! I can have vegetables AND chips. Woo-hoo! Yeah....

Full of salt and lacking in nutrients

Is this a snack or a meal? Well, I think many people would still feel hungry if you had just a cup of noodles for lunch, so I think it is a snack....

Low in calories as long as you hold the butter

Microwave popcorn is a fast and easy snack that can be satisfying and nutritious but you need to choose carefully if you are on a diet...